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Monday, September 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Literal Standard Version

Job 30:20

I cry to You, || And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;when I stand up, you merely look at me.
Hebrew Names Version
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
King James Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
English Standard Version
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
New Century Version
"I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you just look at me.
New English Translation
I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
Amplified Bible
"I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
New American Standard Bible
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
World English Bible
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.
Legacy Standard Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;I stand up, and You carefully consider how to be against me.
Berean Standard Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Contemporary English Version
I beg God for help, but there is no answer; and when I stand up, he simply stares.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I call out to you [God], but you don't answer me; I stand up to plead, but you just look at me.
Darby Translation
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Easy-to-Read Version
"God, I cry out to you for help, but you don't answer. I stand up and pray, but you don't pay attention to me.
George Lamsa Translation
I cry to thee, and thou dost not answer me; I stand up and thou dost not consider me.
Good News Translation
I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.
Lexham English Bible
I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
Literal Translation
I cried to You, but You did not answer me. I stood up, and You looked at me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not.
American Standard Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Bible in Basic English
You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
King James Version (1611)
I crie vnto thee, and thou doest not heare me: I stand vp, and thou regardest me not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When I crie vnto thee, thou doest not heare me: and though I stande before thee, yet thou regardest me not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
English Revised Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me.
Update Bible Version
I cry to you, and you do not answer me: I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Webster's Bible Translation
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
New King James Version
"I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
New Living Translation
"I cry to you, O God, but you don't answer. I stand before you, but you don't even look.
New Life Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me. I stand up, and You turn away from me.
New Revised Standard
I cry to you and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
Revised Standard Version
I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
Young's Literal Translation
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
THE MESSAGE
"I shout for help, God, and get nothing, no answer! I stand to face you in protest, and you give me a blank stare! You've turned into my tormenter— you slap me around, knock me about. You raised me up so I was riding high and then dropped me, and I crashed. I know you're determined to kill me, to put me six feet under.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

Contextual Overview

15He has turned terrors against me, || It pursues my abundance as the wind, || And as a thick cloud, || My safety has passed away. 16And now, in me my soul pours itself out, || Days of affliction seize me. 17[At] night my bone has been pierced in me, || And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down. 18By the abundance of power, || Is my clothing changed, || As the mouth of my coat it girds me. 19Casting me into mire, || And I have become like dust and ashes. 20I cry to You, || And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.21You are turned to be fierce to me, || With the strength of Your hand, || You oppress me. 22You lift me up, || You cause me to ride on the wind, || And You melt—You level me. 23For I have known You bring me back [to] death, || And [to] the house appointed for all living. 24Surely not against the heap || Does He send forth the hand, || Though they have safety in its ruin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I cry: Job 19:7, Job 27:9, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 80:5, Lamentations 3:8, Lamentations 3:44, Matthew 15:23

Reciprocal: Job 35:13 - regard

Cross-References

Genesis 29:34
And she conceives again and bears a son, and says, "Now [is] the time, my husband is joined to me, because I have born to him three sons," therefore has [one] called his name Levi.
Genesis 30:15
And she says to her, "Is your taking my husband a little thing, that you have also taken the love-apples of my son?" And Rachel says, "He therefore lies with you tonight, for your son's love-apples."
Genesis 35:23
And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's firstborn Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:14
And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun dwells at a haven of the seas, || And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] to Sidon.
Judges 4:10
And Barak calls Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goes up—ten thousand men [are] at his feet—and Deborah goes up with him.
Judges 5:14
From Ephraim [are] those whose root [is] in Amalek, || After you, Benjamin, among your peoples, || From Machir lawgivers came down, || And from Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
Psalms 68:27
There [is] little Benjamin, their ruler, || Heads of Judah their defense, || Heads of Zebulun—heads of Naphtali.
Matthew 4:13
and having left Nazareth, having come, He dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me,.... Which added greatly to his affliction, that though he cried to the Lord for help and deliverance, yet he turned a deaf ear to him; and though he heard him, as undoubtedly he did, he did not answer him immediately; at least not in the way in which he desired and expected he would: crying is expressive of prayer, and supposes distress, and denotes vehemence of spirit:

I stand up; in prayer, standing being a prayer gesture, as many observe from Jeremiah 15:1;

Jeremiah 15:1- :; or he persisted in it, he continued praying, was incessant in it, and yet could obtain no answer; or this signifies silence, as some f interpret it; he cried, and then ceased, waiting for an answer; but whether he prayed, or whether he was silent, it was the same thing:

and thou regardest me [not]; the word "not" is not in this clause, but is repeated from the preceding, as it is by Ben Gersom and others; but some read it without it, and give the sense either thus, thou considerest me whether it is fit to receive my prayer or not, so Sephorno; or to renew my strokes, to add new afflictions to me, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach; or thou lookest upon me as one pleased with the sight of me in such a miserable condition, so far from helping me; wherefore it follows.

f Jarchi, Ben Gersom, and Bar Tzemach.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me - This was a complaint which Job often made, that he could not get the ear of God; that his prayer was not regarded, and that he could not get his cause before him; compare Job 13:3, Job 13:19 ff, and Job 27:9.

I stand up - Standing was a common posture of prayer among the ancients; see Hebrews 11:21; 1 Kings 8:14, 1 Kings 8:55; Nehemiah 9:2. The meaning is, that when Job stood up to pray, God did not regard his prayer.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 30:20. I cry unto thee — I am persecuted by man, afflicted with sore disease, and apparently forsaken of God.

I stand up — Or, as some translate, "I persevere, and thou lookest upon me." Thou seest my desolate, afflicted state; but thine eye doth not affect thy heart. Thou leavest me unsupported to struggle with my adversities.


 
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